Editing Storstrøm County

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| style="border: 1px solid #1188AA; background-color:#c0ccfa" align="center" colspan="2" | <big>'''Storstrøm County'''</big><br>{{native name|da|Storstrøms Amt}}
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| style="border: 1px solid #1188AA; background-color:#c0ccfa" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Basic Facts'''
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| [[County seat]] || [[Nykøbing Falster]]
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| Area || 3,398&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
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| Inhabitants || 262,781 <small>''(2006)''</small>
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| bgcolor=#FFFFFF align="center" colspan="2" |[[Image:DenmarkStorstrøm.png|Storstrøm County in Denmark]]
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'''Storstrøm County''' ({{langx|da|Storstrøms Amt}}) is a former [[counties of Denmark|county]] ([[Danish language|Danish]]: ''[[Amt (subnational entity)|amt]]'') on the [[island]]s of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] (''Sjælland''), [[Møn]], [[Falster]], [[Lolland]] and some minor islands in southeast [[Denmark]]. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of [[Maribo County|Maribo]] and [[Præstø County|Præstø]]. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into [[Region Sjælland]] (i.e. ''Region Zealand'').

The county was a somewhat artificial construction as the islands of Lolland and Falster did not traditionally share any institutions with Zealand, but rather with [[Funen]]. Locally, the adjectives ''nordenstrøms'' and ''søndenstrøms'', i.e. "north" and "south of the Stream" were used to designate the Zealand-Møn and Lolland-Falster parts respectively, as they were separated by the strait [[Storstrømmen]] ("The Great Stream") from which the county derived its name.

==Insignia==
The official [[coat of arms]] featured in chief a goose representing the Goose Tower on [[Vordingborg Castle]] in the former Præstø County. The two [[sea serpent]]s (''lindorme'') were taken from the arms of the former Maribo County. The stream in the centre represents the [[Storstrømmen]] Strait. This coat of arms drifted out of use during the last years of the county's existence, and had effectively been replaced by a logo showing one of the [[Farø Bridges]] which span the Storstrømmen Strait, thus linking the northern and southern part of the county.<!--The Farø Bridges were relatively new at the time, unlike the old Storstrøm Bridge-->

== List of county mayors ==
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! From                      || To                        || County Mayor
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| April 1, 1970  || 1984 || [[Søren Trolborg]]  ([[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrat]])
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| 1984  || December 31, 1997 || [[Poul Christensen]]  ([[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrat]])
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| January 1, 1998 || September 15, 2004    || [[Ivan Olsen]] ([[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrat]])
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| September 15, 2004 || December 31, 2006 || [[Bent Normann Olsen]] ([[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrat]])
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== Municipalities (1970–2006) ==
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*[[Fakse]]
*[[Fladså]]
*[[Holeby]]
*[[Holmegaard]]
*[[Højreby]]
*[[Langebæk]]
*[[Maribo]]
*[[Møn]]
*[[Nakskov]]
*[[Nykøbing Falster]]
*[[Nysted]]
*[[Næstved Municipality|Næstved]]
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*[[Nørre Alslev]]
*[[Præstø]]
*[[Ravnsborg]]
*[[Rudbjerg]]
*[[Rødby]]
*[[Rønnede Municipality|Rønnede]]
*[[Sakskøbing]]
*[[Stevns Municipality|Stevns]]
*[[Stubbekøbing]]
*[[Suså Municipality|Suså]]
*[[Sydfalster]]
*[[Vordingborg]]
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== References ==
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# ''Fortællinger fra Storstrøms Amt'' (2006), Storstrøms Amt, most importantly pp.&nbsp;57–66 {{in lang|da}}
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